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Definition of Levigate
1. a. Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated.
2. v. t. To make smooth in various senses
3. a. Made smooth, as if polished.
Definition of Levigate
1. Verb. (transitive) To make smooth or polish. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To make into a smooth paste or fine powder. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To separate finer grains from coarser ones by suspension in a liquid. ¹
4. Adjective. Smooth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Levigate
1. to reduce to a fine powder [v -GATED, -GATING, -GATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Levigate
Literary usage of Levigate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Naturalist in the Transvaal by William Lucas Distant (1892)
"This species is allied to A. variegata, Thunb., from which the white levigate
fasciae on the under surface of the abdomen will alone render it very distinct ..."
2. A Monograph of the Ammonites of the "Inferior Oolite Series,": (Stages by Sydney Savory Buckman (1907)
"... decline to levigate stage being rapid ; build of whorls rather stouter, ...
to levigate. Note.—The carina becomes less prominent after about 55 mm. ..."
3. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"The student must have a large flexible pallet- knife, a large stone and muller
to levigate the colors, two or three larae pieces of chalk to ab- ~orb the ..."
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